Season of Shadows Blog

When I was a kid I used to look forward to the television series, “In Search of”, hosted by Leonard Nimoy. The series would take viewers on a documentary style adventure into the world of the unexplained. Each week a new subject would be covered, everything from vampires to alien visitors was fair game. While they would often cover paranormal subject matter, they seemed to (if my memory serves me) gravitate more towards the odd and strange. I titled this entry in honor of that classic program and their penchant for covering anomalous oddities.

When I first started writing blog posts for Season of Shadows I never planned on spending any time on things like UFOs, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster etc. I didn’t make that decision because I felt those things aren’t interesting (I used to eat that stuff up when I was younger). Rather I knew I wanted to focus on subjects that tied in more with the mystical- things like the soul, spiritual empowerment, and life after death. I wanted to write about these subjects because I feel they provide a doorway into discovering useful, life changing techniques that touch the human spirit and positively affect (hopefully) the lives of my blog visitors. I didn’t feel that writing about alien bodies discovered at the Roswell crash site, or discussing chupacabra attacks in Mexico provided a lot of benefit for my readers. Nevertheless, since the concept of this post is very heavily tied in with my last one, I decided it would be appropriate to discuss these unexplained anomalies, just this once. I’m placing the sightings of all things we have no hard physical proof for the existence of, into the category of the anomalous.

Even though I was fascinated, as a child, by stories of alien beings, the Yeti, lake monsters of Ogopogo and Loch Ness, and many other aspects of cryptozoology, I couldn’t get past the issue that no physical remains from any of these creatures/beings, have ever been discovered. Of course it’s been stated, many times, that our government has been hording their fair share of both living and dead aliens for many decades. While I’m not going to delve into government cover ups, since it’s beyond the point and scope of this post- I will say anything is possible. Instead I want to approach this subject from the stance that we really have no hard physical evidence (government UFO stashes aside) for the existence/visitation of these apparent anomalies, yet their sightings continue.

While the majority of these sightings can probably be chalked up to common ordinary things, many are extremely credible and unexplained. Let’s just throw out a ballpark estimate here- let’s say that three percent of all anomalous sightings in the last one hundred years are actually accurate and credible, meaning they were not items or animals that have a known earthly explanation. Let’s stay super conservative and assume there were only 950,000 sightings of all anomalous activity, total, in the last century (I’m sure this number is ridiculously low). Our figure of three percent yields 28,500 credible sightings in a one hundred year time span. This averages out to twenty three and three fourths sightings per month, per year, for an entire century. That’s an amazing amount and due to the fact I was being very conservative, I’m sure that number is extremely higher. What are these people witnessing and where do these things disappear to, without leaving a trace of hard physical evidence (especially those that appear to be bound to this earth)?

While they could be witnessing exactly what they describe, I believe it’s more likely that the majority of credible reports are witnessing hallucinations. But before I start sounding like a staunch skeptic, let’s take a closer look at what a hallucination could be, from the point of view that we create our own reality. In Exploring and Creating Our Reality I stated: “I believe that reality… [is] thought into being and every action we take is merely a follow through of each of our thoughts, bringing those thoughts into existence until they become fully developed physical manifestations.” A hallucination is nothing more than an extremely energetic thought that is in the process of being brought into existence, but an element (in the form of action- whatever that may be) has not been taken to fully develop the thought into physical manifestation. In other words hallucinations are partially manifested things, at a level slightly beyond plain thought. They sit on the fence between the physical and ethereal. They have been dwelled upon long enough and by enough people that they are like a snowball rolling downhill. They continue gaining more and more power, yet they still aren’t full physical manifestations.

Another option is that these hallucinations could be actual physical manifestations, in other environments, outside of the earth plane. If we go back to The Energy Matrix theory, in which all things exist in a massive sea of energy, which includes our consciousness, the earth plane, all other physical planetary planes, non-physical planes, thoughts, ideas and much more- we can see the possibilities. Within this energy matrix there is no separation, no past, no present, no future- everything co-exists simultaneously, without the boundaries of time. We are all bouncing thoughts and emotions off of one another, through consciousness.

If this matrix is at the heart of existence and existence stems from it, then it’s quite possible that many sightings could be interpretations of thought, coming from other forms of existence (through the matrix) right into a person’s present existence on the earth plane. The thought is only capable of showing up in the form of a fleeting sighting, not as a fully manifested physical object or creature in our environment. The person, who serves as the receiver or even the originator of the thought, has no idea that they are witnessing a partial manifestation of thought energy. They believe the sighting to be an actual physical object/animal/being that is interacting, in real time and space, on the earth plane. We could also be sending powerful thoughts to other planes of existence as well, and they too are seeing anomalous oddities in their environment. These anomalies may in fact be considered ordinary animals or things on our planet, yet in other environments they would be considered odd. It’s been said that every thought that has ever been thought, past and present, exists “out there.” What if “out there” is in the energy matrix and these anomalies actually exist on other planes of existence? When a person is capable of viewing anomalous hallucinatory thoughts, I believe they are tapping into the same mechanism that powers psychic abilities, foreshadowing, and ESP.

What about mass sightings like the UFOs over Phoenix, Mexico City and parts of the Soviet Union, where hundreds of thousands witnessed the events? Again, I’m not saying that these couldn’t have been the real deal, but what if there was a high concentration of thought energy, partially manifesting through the consciousness of the individuals in those cities? It all started with one person’s ability to decipher it, then it became believable to the others until they too were able to witness the objects. All of this transference is occurring at the subconscious level and appearing, from time to time, at the conscious physical level. So it’s quite believable that what you’re seeing is a physically manifested object.

While this theory could explain anomalous sightings, it doesn’t do much for reports of alien abductions. I feel that the majority of abduction reports have more in common with astral projection and out of body experiences than they do with physical alien interaction. Most of these experiences occur late at night, prior to falling asleep or after immediately waking. Both of these moments, during the sleep state, are ideal for projecting because of the overly detached sensation that accompanies them. Abduction reports center around the physical body being frozen and unable to move, a feeling of being watched by sentient beings, and sensations of falling and levitating. All of these same “symptoms” accompany the out of body state and could easily be confused with abduction scenarios.

There is the possibility that alien abductions do occur, but if we are not being physically visited by them, then they could be traversing the astral plane, similar to our consciousness, for the purpose of testing and experimenting in the astral environment. I know I just moved into a whole other level of strangeness with that last sentence but it is a possibility; one that I believe is more feasible than physical abductions because it allows for a stealth element that cannot be afforded through physical kidnappings.

The one constant among all reported sightings of anomalies is the disappearance factor. Whether it’s abominable snowmen, UFOs, fairies, the Jersey Devil or skunk apes, they all have the ability to be there one moment and gone the next, without leaving much of a physical trace. Perhaps our thoughts play a bigger role in what we see, smell, taste, hear and touch than we believe. If we are in fact creating our reality, moment by moment (like I believe we are) then maybe hallucinations should no longer be ridiculed or laughed at. Hallucinations may be indicators of a high volume of concentrated powerful thought that is being interpreted by the consciousness of the perceiver(s) of the hallucination. These hallucinations are either not capable of reaching full manifestation on the earth plane or else they exist on other planes of consciousness, only to show themselves as thoughts with the capability of displaying partial physical attributes here on earth.

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There seems to be a current upswing in the interest of all things metaphysical and supernatural. Whether it’s movies like “Stir of Echoes” or the recently anticipated “1408,” talk shows like Montel- which frequently feature psychic Sylvia Browne or primetime programming such as Medium and Ghost Whisperer, there’s no denying the trend. While television coverage of the supernatural isn’t a recent event- shows such as the “Twilight Zone,” “Night Gallery,” and “The Outer Limits,” with their somewhat tongue-in-cheek approach, have been on the airwaves for decades. What is recent however, is the fact that a large portion of society is becoming more sincere and more serious in their approach to garnering answers about the unknown. The Twilight Zone may have tickled viewers’ fictitious fancies in the 1960’s, but forty years later society expects more- not just because we are more “sophisticated” but because we are beginning to realize something’s missing.

I believe that something is a connection and an inner sensing. The supernatural reminds us that we are more than these physical bodies. It reminds us that, according to the words of William Shakespeare, “there truly are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in our philosophies.”

We have been riding a constant trend since the industrial revolution of allowing ourselves to become more and more detached from this knowledge. The more dependent we have become upon technology, the less in tune we seem to be with our inner selves. Don’t get me wrong, technological advancement is fantastic, when kept in its proper place. Without it, you wouldn’t be reading these words right now, but what’s good for the macrocosm has, in many ways, overshadowed our own innate knowing at the micro level.

This is not just occurring through technological advancement. We are constantly being shown what is considered acceptable for living our lives. Through our peers, employers, coworkers, significant others, the media, etc. we drop our inner knowing and begin to measure our lives by their judgments, externalizing our need to feel worthy instead of finding it from within.

While we obviously have physical bodies for a purpose, I don’t believe we were ever meant to become so extremely obsessed over our physical environment. The old adage of moderation definitely applies in this instance. I don’t feel there is anything wrong with having material possessions, money and the desire for material objects- it’s all quite natural, but where we run amuck is when our sole channel of receiving happiness flows only through these items, and from what others will feel (envy, pride, anger) over our recently acquired possessions.

I believe a large portion of society is starting to understand this. Many have realized that purchasing and consuming more doesn’t equate to happiness, in fact the opposite is usually true. In the United States, the concept that we are a happy nation because we are so abundant and free has been beaten into us. It’s due to this mentality that most people have been approaching things in a backwards manner. We have been trying our hardest to achieve material items and objects, thinking they will provide us with inner happiness and a sense of well being. Yet, for the longest time, it hadn’t crossed peoples’ minds that true abundance (not the superficial kind) and freedom can only flow when you have found happiness first, and are at one within, not vice versa. When you can achieve this state (on a more consistent basis), not only will material items find their way into your life in an easier manner, but you will also view them in their proper perspective.

While some of my comments in this post may sound corny or cliché, that’s not at all how I intend them. I honestly believe these statements to be true. I spent many years chasing after things and trying to please others because I believed I would earn their respect by doing so. That was a poor man’s game. I have since realized I was using their eyes as a way to try and find my own value. I was trying to measure my life by a supposed single minded interpretation of what’s righteous and good, instead of feeling for my own inner knowing, then trusting and pursuing it. I believe that many others are starting to find this knowledge as well.

The huge surge in interest around supernatural subject matter is coming from an inner sensing by mass consciousness. The metaphysical and supernatural provide a symbolic means for connecting to something deeper- many people may not understand the draw to it yet, but they will. We have been hitting the snooze button on our alarm clocks of internal wisdom for long enough. People truly are starting to wake up and come around to the knowledge that we are more than these physical bodies and we have access to an extreme power that can flow through us, if we simply allow it.

I look forward to periodically exploring the subject of our power and how it ties into the metaphysical, supernatural, and spiritual (more in depth) in future posts.

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